ACSE 1 (2019/20)
Modern Programming Methods
Module coordinator and teaching staff
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Produce software for sustainable and reproducible research.
- Carry out test-driven software development and continuous integration.
- Develop software using a version control system.
- Create software using the Python programming language.
Lecture plan:
| Date | Lecture | Lecture |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-03 09:00-12:00 Thu | Bootstrapping; Python 1 | ./lectures/Lecture 1 |
| 2019-10-03 13:00-17:00 Thu | Python 2 | ./lectures/Lecture 2 |
| 2019-10-04 09:00-12:00 Fri | Python 3 | ./lectures/Lecture 3 |
| 2019-10-04 13:00-17:00 Fri | Python 4 | ./lectures/Lecture 4 |
| 2019-10-07 09:00-12:00 Mon | SciPy 1 | ./lectures/Lecture 5 |
| 2019-10-07 14:00-17:00 Mon | SciPy 2 | ./lectures/Lecture 5 |
| 2019-10-08 09:00-12:00 Tue | Pandas 1 | ./lectures/Lecture 6 |
| 2019-10-08 14:00-17:00 Tue | Pandas 2 | ./lectures/Lecture 6 |
| 2019-10-09 09:00-12:00 Wed | git/shell catchup | |
| 2019-10-10 09:00-12:00 Thu | Dask 1 | ./lectures/Lecture 7 |
| 2019-10-10 14:00-17:00 Thu | Dask 2 | ./lectures/Lecture 7 |
| 2019-10-11 09:00-12:00 Fri | Floating point representation | ./lectures/Lecture 8 |
| 2019-10-11 14:00-17:00 Fri | High performance Python | ./lectures/Lecture 8 |
| 2019-10-14 09:00-12:00 Mon | Python dev | ./lectures/Lecture 9 |
| 2019-10-14 14:00-17:00 Mon | Python dev | ./lectures/Lecture 9 |
| 2019-10-15 09:00-12:00 Tue | Testing | ./lectures/Lecture 10 |
| 2019-10-15 14:00-17:00 Tue | Testing | ./lectures/Lecture 10 |
| 2019-10-17 09:00-12:00 Thu | catchup | |
| 2019-10-17 14:00-17:00 Thu | DevOps | ./lectures/Lecture 11 |
| 2019-10-18 12:00 Fri | Assessment deadline | |
| 2019-10-18 13:00-17:00 Fri | Systems overview | ./lectures/Lecture 12 |
Assessment
- Assessment 1
- Assessment 2
Reading list:
- http://scipy-lectures.org
- https://stackoverflow.com
- A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python, by Hans Petter Langtangen
- Algorithms, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne
- Bits and bugs, by Thomas Huckle and Tobias Neckel
Issues
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